Smart Board Interactive Display
© 2008 SMART Technologies
Tired of those shadows on your interactive white board, or the time needed to warmup a projector? Smart Technologies (www.smarttech.com) has released what it is calling "the next-generation" of interactive displays for classrooms or meeting spaces. The Smart Board Interactive Display is a frame that attaches to most commercial LCD or plasma displays, making them touch sensitive. A camera is located in two of the frame corners, registering the position of your finger with your computer, and your physical touch on the screen surface registers as the click. An included pencil tool lets you scribble over anything shown on the screen at any time, with an eraser on the other end. Unlike the current projector-based Smart Board, there is never a need to return the pencil tool to its tray in order to switch functions. The frame fits most commercial displays ranging from 42" to 65" and must be calibrated when it is first installed. Devices like this just might revive finger painting. Prices start at $2,320.
$2320, TV, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: a computer/TV display peripheral